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Blio (features)
- On PC, iPad, and Android (different capabilities on each: odd/frustrating)
- XPS format keeps pagination and look and feel
- iPad version can import EPUB
- Pagination available even in reflowed view
- Like EPUB 3, Possible to incorporate media (videos, interactivity)
- Note-taking and highlighting available but not accessible and not synced across devices
- "ReadLogic"/"Focused Reading" incremental reading mode potentially helpful for people with reading disabilities
- Like EPUB 3, supports pre-recorded synced audio, not just synthetic TTS
- Multiple reading views, including reflow
- Google Books downloads read with TTS and highlight, purchased books must be enabled for TTS to read with on-board TTS, though all books are accessible to the screen reader
- Built in bookstore (Baker & Taylor, currently not entire catalog (read: limited)
- Screen reader accessible on iPad and PC. Android has (pay-for) TTS with highlighting for EPUB books (no ability to adjust TTS speed on Android!)